Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Public service media is failing the public Thank you My thanks to the following communities and individuals. The project has brought me into contact with a new community of more than 50 thinkers and doers. The #FuturePRoof community goes from strength-to-strength. I appreciate your comments by email, Facebook and Twitter.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 3, 2019

In addition, “Instagram has grown in significance, with 22% selecting it as their most important social channel, up from 9% last year, passing Twitter and closing in on Facebook in importance.”. Buyers on AWS Data Exchange will not be the quintessential PR customer Meltwater usually serves. 5) Picks from the PR tech vendor news blogs.

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Communications Conversations

APRIL 27, 2017

And, we learned he’s taking time almost DAILY to interact with media, legislators, community members, staff and students on Twitter (he also blogs here ). Who says the CEO can’t also handle customer service? In fact, he often serves as a “customer service” rep of sorts for UW-EC.

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PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

The lineup for 2020 includes speakers from Facebook, Youtube, Instagram, LinkedIn, and a number of well-known social gurus. This event is focused on “building traffic, expanding brand awareness, improving customer service and gaining insight into today’s latest digital tools.” Stop by his session and say hello!

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Communications Conversations

MARCH 29, 2019

A North Minneapolis native, Tess excelled in her journalism program at Drake University, during which she presided over the Coalition of Black Students and interned in business development with The Integer Group and in marketing/group sales with Iowa Events Center.

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PR in High Definition

AUGUST 21, 2018

Customer service is often considered to be the key to a brand’s reputation , but part of keeping the customer happy and loyal, is to bring something new and exciting to keep them engaged. The introduction of something new and a word we hear about all the time in the creative industry.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Be Social September 7th, 2010 Tweet Today BNET published my second post, focusing on how companies can use social media to turn customers into evangelizers. Who’s in customer service? I’m not a customer service “professional.&# Social media is a great way to start doing this.

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Some of your employees or interns may be more visual in nature and like information that is short and concise, so this may be a good platform to use. Customer Service. Snapchat can be used as a customer service tool to provide visual, engaging, and mobile feedback to individual users. Team Story.

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wiredPRworks

OCTOBER 9, 2015

Thanks, also, to MPI [Meeting Professionals International] for booking me as a Smart Monday speaker. Grow your business by integrating LinkedIn into sales, customer service, marketing, or PR efforts for immediate and long-term impact throughout your company and its community. This is will be my third IMEX conference.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 9, 2016

Why: “The Draw Shop works with everyone from independent authors to huge corporations like Google, collaborating with them each step of the way to create the perfect video,” writes Kristen Dunleavy for Business 2 Community. C4 (Conversation) Case Study: Best Buy Uses Twitter to Enhance Customer Service.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 11, 2017

Today the vast majority of digital spending goes to Google and Facebook, though is plenty of room for players like Pinterest in spending of that volume. I have used Livefyre as the commenting platform on this blog for a long time – and have been very impressed with the company’s community and customer service.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 11, 2015

You can’t properly attribute sales or awareness to communications using baseline analytics from Google or Facebook or Twitter. Partnering with customer service, they introduce “where did you hear about us?” “The biggest challenge in measurement overall is the allure of measuring what’s easy.”

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

And, given the vast amount of time I pour into writing about PR technology , I’m really pleased with the long list of contributions from the PR technology vendor community. a) Many community newspapers going away and hopefully still being available in some kind of online format. Internal comms takes center comms stage in hybrid work.

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NewsWhip

JUNE 10, 2021

And the reality and what we always train our internal teams on is to understand, and I’m sure this resonates for a lot of your audience, there’s no action we can take these days as companies that can go unnoticed by the media. It comes down to every customer service interaction. That is a risk. It’s not a plan.

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Prohibition

JANUARY 7, 2022

Whether it’s on Twitter or Facebook, companies are always liable to conflicts and problems on social media. Email, social media, and other forms of communication can all be used to reach your target audience. Create a narrative that shows the organisation is operating in the best interest of the community. Post-crisis analysis.

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The Stalwart Blog

APRIL 26, 2020

Thanks to Steve Smith of Growth Source Coaching for having me on this Facebook live broadcast courtesy of the Lake Forest Chamber of Commerce. This show is basically focused on providing a voice to the small business community. Steve Smith: Good afternoon, and welcome to Open for Business. It could be hot war environments.

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PRSay

JUNE 26, 2016

In the spirit of good planning, here are five important areas, based on the Social Media Strategy Wheel, to demonstrate how social media can be used for deeper intelligence and more relevant communication. Deirdre Breakenridge is CEO of Pure Performance Communications.

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Stuart Bruce

JULY 23, 2017

In reality social media should ‘live’ in each and every corporate function as it has a vital role to play in customer service, marketing, public relations, human resources and numerous other functions. Each should use social media to support whatever its objectives are for supporting the organisation.

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Journalistics

MARCH 24, 2015

Facebook falls into this category, as audiences expect you to be on Facebook and it’s the largest social network in the world. There are other reasons Facebook would be Strategic, but this is the main one. – I like to look at platforms in one of three categories: Strategic, Emerging or Experimental.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

And they research and they monitor (sometimes for up to three months) just to find out: a) Who a brand’s target audiences are; and b) Who the key influencers within that community are. Rather, you simply trusted what your friend recommended. That’s what we do.&# Though this explanation was relatively simple, it very much stuck with me.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

I know first hand about AT&T’s dreadful wireless service and worst-in-class customer service, so it seemed like a good fit. Btw – you can “like&# the AT&T Fake Public Relations Facebook page too, if you want. I imagine thats a tough battle for them to fight internally. I love the irony.

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Stuart Bruce

OCTOBER 30, 2014

I won’t be predicting that Whisper is the next Twitter or Snapchat is the next Facebook. Almost 70% of Facebook time is spent on mobile. We can understand how Facebook and Twitter conversations can represent different parts of the community. But first I want to examine what are the factors that are shaping the future.

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Stephen Waddington

JULY 10, 2017

Public relations practice is developing through four stages of media: the media itself, influencers, owned media, and community. Every aspect of an organisation is becoming social, from customer service to marketing; and from product development to sales. Community and commonality are frequently incorrectly transposed.

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Telecommunications Handbook Transportation Community 112

PR Fuel

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Every time a scandal breaks out concerning Facebook, there’s never any formal apology or explanation from Zuckerberg and team. But if someone is seeking information about community issues they should contact John Doe (no relation to Jane, just a happy coincidence). Collaborate With Your Customers. Hire Interns.

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Stephen Waddington

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

I shared a first draft of this article as a Google Document via Twitter; with MA PR students at Newcastle University; and with colleagues at Ketchum on an international webinar. I’ve also published a blog of key international events in the public relations calendar as part of the project. It’s the best way to learn. #4

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